Fire Grants
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The New Hope Fire Department in Cayuga County received funding to replace their 80-year-old firehouse
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The Middlefield Volunteer Fire Department will use AFG funding to purchase new firefighting gear
Chief Kevin Peters said their current turnout gear is 13 years old, while the average life span is eight years
The city was awarded a $1 million grant from the Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation; they want to build a fire station on a vacant 4-acre site
The community donated $25,000 and the VFW kicked in $1,000 toward construction of an auxiliary garage for emergency medical vehicles
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Five of 15 firefighters on staff will be let go because a two-year federal grant will expire
The state grant program provided a retired military wildland firefighting vehicle that replace a 1960’s-era truck
The layoffs became necessary after the city lost a federal grant that was to fund 50 firefighters next year; city staff found enough money to retain 15 of those jobs
Wilcox County EMS received $90K as part of $390K in grants to bolster health care services in rural communities
The $256,000 SAFER grant will be the salaries of three firefighters
New exhaust handling equipment and a filling station for air bottles will be paid with the grant
“We were able to find enough money to keep 15 people employed, so rather than 50 (layoffs) we’re looking at 35,” said Reno Fire Chief Michael Hernandez
CareerWorks will also link newly certified EMTs to employers
It’s part of a regional effort involving 21 emergency response agencies
With the money, they were able to buy eight full sets of turnout gear for its volunteer firefighters, including protective pants and coats
The grant is specifically earmarked for the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters
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Fire Chief Joe Jenkins said most of the money is going toward new extrication tools that will reduce the amount of time it takes firefighters to rescue crash victims trapped in cars
The money will pay for firefighting gear as well as station gear and required physicals for about 25 volunteers each year
Chief Tom Larson provided the department with 6 FEMA grants, a new snorkel truck and a safety a feature for fire trucks and traffic signals
The new system cost more than $6M, and recently went live
It uses “new non-invasive” monitoring of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide levels and is also Wifi capable
The layoffs are determined by seniority affecting firefighters that were hired most recently
Many departments have had to pay back FEMA, or are not getting reimbursed because the purchases are not P25 compliant
Two agencies were awarded $2,500 to train officials for farm safety and agricultural emergencies
About 200 agencies across the state will get new computers for reporting EMS incidents
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